>> i found the binder full of women. [ applause ] not so much! >> reporter: but much is riding for the president when it comes to winning the women's vote. >> hello, virginia. >> and in front of a crowd of 9,000, the president played to his record on healthcare and reproductive rights and challenged mitt romney's stance on equal pay for equal work. >> he can't tell you, i can. i support that law. in fact, the lily ledbetter pay act was the first law i signed into office. >> reporter: later, mitt romney developed amindonesia. mr. obama termed bomnesia. >> and you can't seem to remember the policies that are still on your website. or the promises you have made over the six years you have

been running for president. here's the good news: obama care covers pre-existing conditions. >> reporter: so, just how tight is this race in virginia? well, consider this: one month ago today, real clear politics armed polls in virginia had the president ahead 50-45% and that same poll average has virginia tied at 48%. many in the crowd say they don't take an obama victory in virginia for granted. >> people know what they need and want and what the future requires. >> to be aware of getting the vote out and getting the awareness. >> reporter: the goal for democrats remains clear. >> we will win fairfax county again. >> reporter: for the president, locking up the vote in the commonwealth is can -- can go a long way to locking up a second term. tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news.

mitt romney spent most of his day huddling with adviserrors in new york. he's going florida where he will make a campaign appearance this evening. they will host monday night's third and final debate between the two. a new rasmussen poll shows romney leading the president in florida by 5%age points. we want to hear from you. use the hash tag fox 5 d.c. you decide to the two your thoughts and we'll be using them for the new show we're doing as election day approaches. fox 5 news edge you decide 2012 will focus on local and national candidates and issues during the final two weeks of the campaign that starts monday night at 6:30 p.m. on fox 5. and tougher gun has could be an issue for the -- gun laws could be an issue for the next president. the number of federally licensed retail gun dealers is on the rise. ahead of president obama's 2008 win, fears of a democratic president issuing stricter gun control led to an initial spike in sales.

at the time, the dealers saw some of the highest profit margins. antigun rights advocates say lobbyists are trying to make voters handle they're running out of time to have the right to bear arms. >> the fact that he had done nothing to take away people's guns in his first term and that is evident why he's going to do that in the second term. >> won't to make sure we have it taken care of before they pull the plug on it. >> and the federal government said that -- successful and legally recognized the gun. and the officer who died in an offduty car crash was not wearing a seatbelt. the prince georges police was speeding. fox 5s john henrehan is working start and joining us from the newsroom with the latest. john? >> reporter: the speeding and lack of a seatbelt may have been factors that contributed to the death of the officer, but, according to the chief, bowden did not cause the crash that wreckd two cars. officer kevin bowden's county

police cruiser was partially shred when jammed into the base of the pole. the offduty officers was heading northbound on branch avenue where the posted speed limit is 55 miles per hour. >> we're looking into all factors involved in this crash. including speed. it appears the cruiser was above the speed limit. >> reporter: at the corner of branch and serats, there are four northbound lanes. the witnesses said the driver of the white suv for some reason went from the left turn lane across other lanes and collided with the police cruiser. officials say that officer bowden was not wearing his seatbelt. and the driver of the suv is hospitalized and will face traffic charges, say police. kevin bowden was a local kid who attended clinton grove elementary school when driegers was there.

>> and he got out, you know. the elementary school and you never see each other in the neighborhood, you know, give each other the head's up. how are things going and that is when -- >> reporter: although there are four cameras at the intersection where the officer died, we told that there are state cameras whose videod video are not recorded. they're looking at security video from nearby stores. >> another prince georges county police officer unbelted died in a traffic accident in august. chief mcgaw said his department requires seatbelt view use and controlled officers may undergo enhanced vehicle safety training in does. a man accused of throwing a molotov cocktail made his first court appearance today. he was in federal court in alexandrea filled with arson and he tossd it around lunch, yesterday.

>> and it was about 50 feet away when i looked up, there was smoke. >> and no one was hurt in the incident. police recovered three other molotov cocktails from the second floor in the mall. new developments in the federal reserve bomb spot. authorities are questioning the family of the suspect in the attack. the 21-year-old quazinafis is charged with using a web web and to -- a weapons of mass destruction and use supporting al qaeda. the family insists he's innocent. he came to the united statesfo go to college. today, a car bomb exploded in beirut killing eight people, including a top security official. the lebanese suspects syria might be -- they criticized the syrian president. >> a teen activist recuperating

from the taliban. doctors say that he can new stand up with help and however, she shows signs of infection from a bullet that grazed her head last week. she shot the teen and two classmates. the taliban admitted it targeted the teen since she's an advocate for girl's education and western thinking. still ahead, students struggled. >> i'm not -- to see my teacher like that. >> they saw a teacher in a compromising position. why the students are being punished. why they say they did nothing wrong. >> and chick filet is back on the spotlight after one of the stores uses a word that is considered offensive. >> and some showers and thunderstorms out there this afternoon. we'll look at where they going and how long they going stick around. >> yeah, we have some sports coming up. bad news for nhl fans, the wizards this preseason and the g-men last yr. how does that impact this year?

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. officials seized eight pounds of cocaine at the international. the authorities say a man flying in from guatemala smuggled a drug in last night. after being introduced, he was support back home to guatemala and barred from returning to the united states for five years. chick filet is at the center of a controversy again with the gay and lesbian community. a flier distributed readsom a fruitcake wouldn't love our party trace. the atlanta stores said it was advertised as holiday catering services and they found the words tasteful -- distasteful, offensive and mean-spirited. >> and to the gay community and their campaign. it's not right. >> after having recently offended the lgb community and

with the obvious -- a long time, with meaning using the word fruitcake is a pore choice of words. >> there is some customers who see nothing wrong. in a statement, chick filet said they have no intention of offending anyone and regret the flier was taken out of cobb test. several middle school students were looking at a picture of their teacher. they said the teacher allowed them to look at the ipad. the picture popped up and they're told another teacher and got them in trouble. one expelled, two suspended and a fourth got a warning. >> and showing the teacher with a -- and most of her breast. [ indiscernible ] to show everyone in the school and embarrassed we did it and went and told them. >> the teacher accidentally had a personal device with her school ipad and that the students violated the school's technology policy. a man chases a clerk over

the serve-foot wall at a portland convenience store. the 25-year-old woman was working the night shift and managed to get away unharmed, running across the street to another store where show called police. the motives of the suspect are unclear. still ahead here on the news ee. a telephoner living out his wildest dredges -- dreams in front of dozens of fans. and a tall order to fill. the tallest man in the u.s. has his own custom made 10 us shoes. igor stands 7'8", the shoe size, 24. the 30-year-old minnesota man from the ukraine received three pairs of shoes from reebok and took 75 months to make them. anncr: seven-hundred-thousand jobs. that's what the plan george allen supports... would cost our economy. newspapers called it "economically destructive." like allen's votes to give tax breaks to companies...

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we've got 23 million people out of work or stopped looking for work. they're suffering in this country. the president would prefer raising taxes. the problem with raising taxes is that it slows down the rate of growth. i'm not going to raise taxes on anyone, because when the economy's growing slow like this, when we're in recession you shouldn't raise taxes on anyone. my plan is to bring down rates to get more people working. my priority is putting people back to work in america. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message.

. that is 16-year-old jose hernandez, living out a dream of being a rock star. put on his own concert in front of some of his biggest fans. he is rocking out thanks to a make a wish campaign. he's battling hodgkin's lymphoma. it's great to see you. you sounded fantastic and have been playing only two years? >> yeah. >> that is great. and what is -- tell me how this came about about? you wanted to put on a concert and how did they get the folks to come to your concert? >> make a wish was great to let me play for a great crowd. >> friends and family? >> it came out. so exciting. >> what songs? [ indiscernible ] acoustic and hearts in the fire. >> and you have been playing

for two years? did you find guitar hard to pick up or did you pick it up easily? >> at first, it was very hard, like i, i couldn't get it. >> yeah. >> after awhile, it came along. >> i didn't realize that you arrived in style, too. how is that? >> it was amazing. >> yeah? >> and phenominal. >> that sounds great and do you have plans? going to keep recording? >> i am going to keep playing and persue my dream of becoming a professional musician. that is about it. >> that is great. tell us about your health. how are you doing? >> great feeling. amazing. >> right. >> and there is not much i can say about it. >> it sounds great. >> and ultimately with this experience today, you didn't get statement bright or -- fright or anything? >> are you going to play bigger

shows now? >> definitely. i was nervous. >> you're going through more than getting up on stage for sure. >> yeah. >> and can you do it all for sure. >> thank you. >> great to see you. >> thank you. >> gary? >> thank you. >> showers and thunderstorms are popping up this afternoon and this is on i-95. and let me show you we go to radar and this is sentinel radar to show you where it is and isn't. the front was forecast to get a little bit east of us, but basically, it stayed west of us and with that sunshine, you end up with the showers and thunderstorms firing up. the instability to the east side of the front. everything is along i-95. a little bit of a break for the city now is but still, showers and thunderstorms coming up from the south. switching over to sentinel radar, we'll give you an idea of what is taking place with

the movement of everything and to the east, the movement is very, very slow. the individual cells are running to the north-northeast and the individual cells within the line are moving to the northeast quite quickly. thirty, 40 miles per hour and at this comes into the city, it won't take long before it gets here and most of this is shifting to the east of i-95. mount vernon getting wet and into alexandrea and looks like the north and west is getting through. and maryland again, east of i- 95 and to elk ridge and baltimore and rain into howard county, carol county as well and this continues to move to the north and to the northeast and this is going to be with us. since the movement to the east is slow, i think it will be with us the next few hours or

so and once the sunsets, things will get calmer and cloudy. seventy in the city. gaithersburg cooled 64 degrees. quantico is 68. big storm system sitting and turning to the west of us and what is left of our weather from last night has crews up to the north of us and we're in the area that is a dry slot and as we look back to this, this will come across tomorrow giving us a greater chance in the cool pocket of air for a few clouds and maybe some shoty -- spotty showers. next week, though, looks great. the high pressure returns as does some warmer air and we're going to be into the 70s and tonight, lower 50s. mostly clear and overnight tonight, the clouds will build tomorrow afternoon and the planner calls for cool sunshine to start and a few clouds at noon and spotty shower possible

late tomorrow afternoon and notice cooler north and west and some more cloud cover up there and again, just a spotty chance of a shower late tomorrow and into the afternoon. sunday looks perfect. 68 degrees and nothing but sunshine. i hope that is not a hashinger of something -- a harbinger of what is rolling in late november, early december. >> very true. breaking up is hard to do. mending a lottery will break a hart. heart. a massachusetts man struck it rich winning $30 million. before the big win, the newly minted millionaire was busy working two jobs to help support his family. >> my mom needs the help, and the family can use it. it will help us.

the right time. >> and no girlfriend. just broke up with her, so. nice. >> thank god. >> he plans to use the millions to support his family and the paper's school. as far as his girlfriend, he hasn't given her a second thought. but she -- i'll bet she has. the head coach randy wittman and the wizards closing in on the regular season opener in heaven days. how's john progressioning with his injured knee. and this is wt you get when you live life in the fast lane. an impatient driver learned an important lesson after driving his porsche into a patch of wet cement. plenty of signs. the area was coned off and construction works everywhere. for some reason, he thought he would take a short cut. the crews helped move the car. the driver refused to get out. perhaps, preserving a little dignity. dignity. as governor, i cut five billion dollars in spending

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. hello, everybody. i'm lindsay murphy. it's week 7 and the redskins will get to test the division waters as they venture north to face the giants on sunday. for the first time in seven games, they will be with poe air garcone listed as doubtful. the only way he would play is if someone happens to another whiteout. the skins and giants say last night, december 17th, 2011 at the battle lands and jumped out to a 17-0 lead and the defense had a huge game as well and once in the end zone, by josh wilson and they hold on to the 23-10 victory to sweep the season series against the verbatim and -- they hate. and that is nothing to us, but they might mean something to the giants. >> and that did not matter to them and they going to have a

chip on the shoulder because we beat them and didn't have to go to record. it's a divisional game and at the same time, i mean, this is the fresh start and new team. >> and going to get there last year and here. we beat them twice. even after last week, they don't come in here and coming up there for the game and be ready to play and be hitting on others. >> and hate to do this, there is more bad news to report. and games cancelled through november 1st and they have been axed and based on the league's most recent proposal, a full 80- game season could commence along a new cba is in place by thursday and on to the wizards now and at the verizon center, and with pregame on the road and the regular season debut, october 30th at -- and they will go to -- without the injured john wall and he's

still involved with the good former. >> and they back on this trip. you know, they did can get more done with the rehab here. >> they're not involved in it. >> and baseball yesterday, and still riding the pine. the yankees were eliminated from the post season after being swept by the detroit tigers and in four games. cc sabathia got let up in game four, gave up six runs and three-plus innings of work and the yankees and alex rodriguez began the offseason while the tigers move on to the world series and await the winner of the cardinals and giants. and st. louis can wrap up the series with the win tonight. game 5 is here on fox at 8:00 p.m. and finally, the redskins were fined $20,000 for

violating injury information and they did not properly address in updates to the media. the buzz word, shaken up that day. >> thank you, lindsay. one last look at the forecast, gary? >> i think we need to look at this again. check it out. sixtys, upper 60s for the weekend and next week, brian, we're going to jump into the lower and mid-70s, it's coming our way. >> now you have the news edge. the news is always on www.myfoxdc.com. back here tonight late after the game. as governor, i cut five billion dollars in spending and balanced the budget every year. and tim kaine and i both cut our own pay as governors, to lead by example. mark warner and i reached across party lines to get things done. we were a great team in richmond and we'll be a great team in washington. i'm tim kaine and i approve this message ...because we'll work together to restore fiscal responsibility,

grow our economy and create jobs. [ male announcer ] tim kaine. bringing people together to tackle the challenges of tomorrow. under the president's policies, middle income americans have been buried. they're just being crushed. middle-income americans have seen their income come down by $4,300. this is a tax in and of itself. i'll call it the economy tax. i'm not going to raise taxes on anyone. my plan is to bring down rates to get more people working. my priority is putting people back to work in america. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message.